Hat-perforating machine.



No. 666,523. Patented Jan. 22, 1901 F.-C. nousnon.

HAT PERFUBATING MACHINE.

(Application filed m 20, 1899.)

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HAT PERFORATING MACHINE.

(Application filed May 20, 1899.)

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NE ATES FREDERICK O. I'IODSHON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,523, dated. January22, 1901. Application filed May 20, 1899. Serial No. 717,639. .(Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK 0. H01)- SHON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Perforating Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to hat-perforating machines, and more particularlyto that class of machines which employ a punch which is operated by alever-arm.

My improvement consists in a hat-supporting attachment which holds thehat in place and properly locates the perforations.

Referring to the drawings herewith, consisting of two sheets, in whichlike letters refer to like parts, Figure I is a side elevation of myinvention with the hat supporting mechanism removed. Fig. II is avertical central section of the punch, hereinafter more fully described.Fig. III is a plan view of the die, showing the holes corresponding tothe punches, the holes for one form of perforation being represented insolid black, forming a crescent, and the others, which, together withthose forming the crescent, form a star, being shown by small circles.Fig. IV is an elevation of my hat-supporting device. Fig. V is a sideview of a hat-support, a hat held thereby in position to be perforatedthrough the side being represented in dotted lines.

A is the base of the machine, which may be secured to the bench or tablein any desired manner.

B is the bracket, which carries the punch and lever-arm.

C is the die-support, integral with the base and curved as shown topermit the hat being put in place, as hereinafter described.

D is a cylindrically-bored head which carries the piston to which thepunch is attached.

E is the piston.

F is a bracket to which the lever is pivoted.

G is the lever.

H is a toggle-j oint connecting the lever with the piston.

I is a lug pivoted to the bracket F," which limits the action of thelever, as hereinafter more fully described.

J is the punch.

K is the die.

L is a bracket secured to the die-post, which supports the hatsupportingmechanism.

M is the hat-supporting mechanism.

Referring now especially to Figs. II and III, the punch consists of aplate J, which preferably corresponds in shape to the die K, Fig. III,and from the center of one side of which projects a shank or stem a, bymeans of which the punch is attached to the piston or reciprocatingplunger E of the punch press or machine. A plate I), of the same shapeor outline as the plate J, is secured to the face of the latter in suchmanner as to be easily removed or attached, and this plate I) carriesthe punches c and c, and these punches are rigidly secured to said plate1). d is aguideplate of same shape as the plate I) and provided withdrill-holes to receive and guide the punches c and c. A pair of studs eare screw-threaded into the plate (1 and pass upwardly and freelythrough the plates J and b and are provided at their upper ends withnuts f, which limit the action of the springs g. The springs g surroundthe studs 6 and tend to separate the plate cl from the plate b. It willbe noted that the punches c are longer than the punches c. The punches c(in the construction shown) together constitute the crescent.

vlis a tubular rod which is adapted to be securely held in a bracket L,carried by the die-post O, the bracket being secured to such post by asuitable pin or stud j, as indicated in Figs. I and IV.

7: 7c are plates conformed to the interior front and back of a hat andwhich are provided with flanges Z Z to engage with the under side of thebrim of the hat. These plates are secured to rods 12,, which pass intothe tubular rod '5. Pins m engage with these rods n through longitudinalslots in the rod 11. Spiral springs 0, taking over the rods n, tend toforce the plates k outwardly. The pins m are so set in the rods 12, thatwhen a hat is in place the said pins will approximately reach the outerlimits of the slots in the tubular rod 2', thus substantiallycounteracting any inequality in the springs o.

In operation the hat is slipped on over the plates until the under sideof the brim strikes the flanges l. The spread of the plates is willdetermine the position of the hat forward to back and the flangesl willdetermine the position up and down. The hat is then punched, turnedover, and punched in the other side in like manner.

It will be observed that the plates 70, which engage with the inside ofthe hat, are arforms of perforation may be varied at pleasure and alsothat by having two or more sets of punches of different lengths andproviding the lug I with one or more stops a variety offigure-perforations may be attained with a single punch. It will also beunderstood that instead of the toggle-joint connecting the lever andpiston I may substitute the well known construction of aretractionspring for the piston commonly used in similar constructionswithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, and without limiting myself to theparticular construction shown, what I claim is- 1. In a hat-perforatingmachine, the com bination of a stationary die, a reciprocatory punch,and a hat-supporting device arranged to hold and center the hat whilebeing perforated in the side and consisting of plates for engaging withthe front and back inside portions of the hat and arranged approximatelyparallel with the direction of the movements of the punch, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a hat-perforatin g apparatus, the combination of a reciprocatorypunch, a stationary die, a support therefor, a pair of hat-holdingplates supported upon the said die-support and extending outtherefrom oneither side of the die, substantially as set forth.

3. In ahat-perforating machine,the hereindescribed hat-holder consistingof a pair of plates, h, to engage with the inside of the hat andprovided with the flanges Z to engage with the hat-brim, supporting-rodsn, which carry the said plates, a tubular rod in which the rods n aremounted, springs tending to force the said rods 'n and plates 70outward, and stops for limiting the extent to which said parts may bemoved outward, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

